The Bélier Family
(2014)
★ 7 IMDb · 2,515 votes
Year: 2014
Runtime: 106 мин
Country: France
Director: Eric Lartigau
Cast: Louane Emera, Карин Виар, François Damiens, Éric Elmosnino, Роксана Дюран, Илиан Бергала, Luca Gelberg, Mar Sodupe, Stéphan Wojtowicz, Жером Киршер
Plot
The whole Bélier family is deaf, except for sixteen year old Paula who is the important translator in her parents' day to day life especially when it comes to matters concerning the family farm. When her music teacher discovers she has a fantastic singing voice and she gets an opportunity to enter a big Radio France contest the whole family's future is set up for big changes.
The Béliers are ordinary people: Rodolphe and Gigi are married, have two children, and run their farm for a living. Ordinary people? Well, almost... since Dad, Mum, and their son Quentin are deaf, but not their daughter Paula. Not only can she speak, but her music teacher scouts her beautiful voice as well. He offers her to sit for the entrance exam of the Maîtrise de Radio France, a vocal elite choir in Paris. Her parents, who rely on her as their ears and mouth in the outside world, take the news badly. Paula, who hates the idea of betraying her parents and her brother, goes through a painful dilemma.